The defrosting scientific relationships with the United States is possible, but the interaction will be organized different. This was declared by assistant TASS for Russian President Andrei Fursenko on the sidelines of the future technology forum.
“I think there is (defrosting is possible). I think they have never been completely frozen, always have any relationship. But, of course, this will not be held as before. , Fursenko said.
On February 18, the Russian and American delegations in Riyadh held negotiations, lasting about 4.5 hours. The meeting was represented at the meeting of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, assistant to the head of the state Yuri Ushakov and the head of RDPI Kirill Dmitriev.
From the United States, Foreign Minister Rubio, assistant president of national security, Mike Waltz and special supervisor by US leader Stephen Whitkoff, attended negotiations in Saudi Arabia. According to Ushakov, the delegations organized a serious conversation on all the issues they want, including discussing the relationship of the positions of the Russian and the United States In Ukraine. He stipulates that he still does not know who will be one of Ukraine's negotiations, the decision will be for the president. Lavrov called the conversation with Washington representatives very helpful and said that the Russian Federation and the United States agreed to ensure the appointment of ambassadors quickly in both capitals. In turn, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that Lavrov and Rubio at the meeting agreed to create negotiations in Ukraine, as well as future cooperation on issues of geopolitical benefits in general.
About the forum
The forum of future technologies has been held in Moscow since 2023. This year, it has been with the support of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Science Fund and the Russian Quantum Center. The combined co -groups are GazpromBank, Moscow government, Rosatom state corporation. The common partner is Sber, a strategic partner – PJSC Rosseti, a strategic scientific partner – Kurchatov Institute. Tass is a forum information partner.